I'm using one of those probe doodads that's got a battery, light
bulb, clip and ice-pick looking thingy. Right now I'm just trying
to make sure that when I reconnect the battery to the system I don't
have a hard short to ground anywhere in the electrical system and I'm
doing this by connecting the clip to a spade connector on the fuse
box then poking around to see where I get continuity. On whatever
circuit the coil is connected to, I see the light bulb on the probe
glow very slightly. I just made sure that the coil is connected to
a circuit that is on only when the key is in the "on" position. I
did try rocking the car back and forth to see if it was the points
but I'm not sure I moved the car enough to change the state of the
points. The car battery is currently not connected to anything...

thanks,
chris